Super Bowl XLV: Packer Dissension Damaging or Just a Product of Media Boredom?

With less then a day left until Super Bowl XLV, the Green Bay Packers are still dealing with issues off the field.

The injured players on the Packers were told that they could not travel with the team to Dallas. Not only this, but they would also not be allowed to be in the team photo.

Notable players Nick Barnett and Jermichael Finley went public with their feelings about the decision. The management was able to change their minds and reverse the decision, but there's still bitterness in the air.

In the last week, this issue has been blown up by the media. The question remains, will this dissension hurt the Packers in the long run, or has the media just blown it out of proportion?

Green Bay Cannot Lose Focus

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The Packers started off the season with a lot of their big name players getting injured. It has taken a long time for them to finally mesh as a team and become the Super Bowl contenders that they are now.

The last thing this team needs is an argument to tear them apart right before the Super Bowl.

Aaron Rodgers Should Not Have Gotten Involved

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As the leader of this team, everyone has to look to Rodgers to do the right thing.

After Barnett tweeted his displeasure with the team's decision, Rodgers fired back, "I’ll say this, I was on IR back in 2006 and I chose to stick around and finish out the season with my guys and be here every game. Some of those guys didn’t. Some of the guys who were injured, they still are part of this team, but they didn’t choose to stick around.”

It is not usually a good idea to get in a "back and forth" days before the biggest game of your career, and it may be in the back of Rodger's mind during the game.